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A vehicle fire caused all the east bound lanes and two westbound lanes to be shut down near Route 234 around the Gainesville area.

Chopper Video from I66 Crash in Prince William

Footage from the helicopter of the 3 car crash that snarled eastbound traffic near Manassas Wednesday morning. (Published Wednesday, June 29, 2011)

At about 6:45 a.m., a tractor-trailer drifted to the left, pushing a Cadillac CTS into the far left HOV lane. Those two vehicles then struck a Toyota Prius. The Cadillac spun out, and the tractor-trailer continued about 300 more feet before coming to rest and bursting into flames.

The driver of the tractor-trailer, 45-year-old David Simensen, of Woodbridge, was taken to an area hospital for treatment of minor injuries.